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SAN DIEGO COUNTY
OFFICE OF
EDUCATION VS.
MAURA LARKINS
Case Number:
37-2009-00083941-CU-H
R-CTL
Case Location:
San Diego
Case Type: Civil
Date Filed:02/24/2009
Category: CU-HRS
Harassment
Plaintiff/Petitioner
SAN DIEGO COUNTY
OFFICE OF
EDUCATION
Defendant/Respondent
LARKINS MAURA
OFFICE OF
EDUCATION VS.
MAURA LARKINS
Case Number:
37-2009-00083941-CU-H
R-CTL
Case Location:
San Diego
Case Type: Civil
Date Filed:02/24/2009
Category: CU-HRS
Harassment
Plaintiff/Petitioner
SAN DIEGO COUNTY
OFFICE OF
EDUCATION
Defendant/Respondent
LARKINS MAURA
| Judge dismisses SDCOE politically-motivated request for restraining order Diane Crosier and Supt. Randolph Ward are using SDCOE resources to advance a private lawsuit by their contract lawyers at Stutz, Artiano Shinoff & Holtz. They are both being sued by SDCOE-JPA insider Rodger Hartnett. Randolph "Randy" Ward and Diane Crosier are using public funds to advance Dan Shinoff's private lawsuit against this blogger When San Diego County Office of Education-Joint Powers Authority executive director Diane Crosier recently got subpoenaed by me (Maura Larkins) to testify in the defamation lawsuit against me by Stutz, Artiano Shinoff & Holtz, Crosier was determined not to testify. She is the individual who has assigned millions of dollars worth of SDCOE-JPA cases to Stutz lawyer Daniel Shinoff, and she's as loyal as they come. Crosier wasn't in her office on our first attempt to serve the subpoena, but the secretary in the office assured us that Crosier would be in the next day after 1:30 p.m. But lo and behold, Ms. Crosier was nowhere to be seen at 1:45 p.m. the next day. "She has a right to change her schedule," the secretary said. (I guess she felt defensive; she must have known that evading a subpoena is against the law.) Another woman in the office aggressively demanded my name and the name of the server. The woman told me I couldn't serve the subpoena since I was a party in the case. I pointed out to her that I had brought someone else to serve. We left quickly. Next I got a message from Stutz law firm that Shinoff was representing his benefactor Diane Crosier in the matter, and his office would accept service. My server went to Shinoff's office for a final, successful attempt at service. Yesterday I got a letter from Stutz attorney Jeffrey Wade saying Crosier would not testify. Apparently Crosier and her boss, Randolph Ward, are so anxious to help Shinoff shut down my website that they are not only devoting the public resources of SDCOE to Shinoff to prevent Crosier's deposition, but are devoting public resources to harrassing and intimidating me. They have filed a lawsuit against me for harrassment. Apparently they think I shouldn't be allowed to serve subpoenas on them. I haven't seen the lawsuit, but it is clearly related to the deposition subpoena served on Diane Crosier. It would seem that one of the labels for this post should be abuse of power, and another should be misuse of taxpayer dollars for private purposes. It's legally prohibited for public entities to sue for defamation, but Diane Crosier and Randall Ward have found a way to use public resources to advance Stutz law firm's defamation suit against me. |
| SDCOE was wrong to use Stutz law firm to do this. But perhaps no other law firm would do it. Public entities should not be involved in prosecuting defamation lawsuits; the law forbids it. Lora Duzyk commits perjury: "stalked" and "made a credible threat of violence" |
| When a public entity acquires insurance company ethics |
| SDCOE retaliates when citizen attempts to serve a deposition subpoena on Diane Crosier |
| SDCOE asks for restraining order against the author of this website * Lora Duzyk swears--but judge doesn't believe her Kristie Mann declaration (see below) Sandy Thompson declaration (see below) Diane Crosier and Supt. Randall Ward use SDCOE resources to advance a private lawsuit by their contract lawyers at Stutz, Artiano Shinoff & Holtz (See court documents below) |
Interestingly, SDCOE is acting in support of Chula Vista Elementary School District in this case (although public
entities are forbidden by law to engage in defamation lawsuits). Recently resigned CVESD board member Bertha
Lopez turns out to be no stranger to requests for restraining orders:
October 30, 1998
Chula Vista School Board Race Raises Question Of Character
La Prensa
By Daniel L. Munoz
By coincidence San Diego City Attorney Quinn had an Opinion on Domestic Violence published this Thursday in the
Union Tribune, University City edition. Generally one is quick to think only in terms of males committing domestic
violence against women. What caught my attention was that by a strange coincidence, I had in my possession an
order from the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego that issued a Temporary Restraining order on a
Candidate for the Chula Vista Elementary School District Board of Education. The order was dated July 22, 1993.
As an Editor and Publisher, I had to question within myself this was a legitimate issue to bring out. City Attorney
Quinn's piece certified in my mind that I had no choice. It spoke to morels, ethics, violence, and behavior that in an
Elementary School setting could be very detrimental to the district and to the School children. A Board Trustee sets
policy, has to determine issues that might involve drug usage, violence amongst the children, violence from the
parents, not only that she has to work with the other Board members, administrators, teachers and parents but with
the community at large.
It is within my professional perimeters to make it public and let you the voters decide whether you still desire to elect
her.
The facts: Rafael Hernandez a UCSD Instructor of Teacher Education and an instructor at the Bishop School in La
Jolla, filed a request to the Superior Courts to have Bertha Lopez, who is a candidate for the Chula Vista Elementary
School Board of Trustees, placed on a Restraining Order. She was restrained from being within 100 yards of his
sister's house and of his place of work. Mr. Hernandez indicated that they had a "dating or engagement relationship".
What concerned me was his statement that said: "Defendant (Bertha Lopez) constantly calls my work and my home.
She has started to follow me. She told me that it my all end in blood if I do not do what she wants. I'm afraid for my
safety. The `blood' threat took place on 7/16/93."
It is a matter of public record case # 368879. The case never came to court. At the date of the hearing neither Mr.
Hernandez nor Bertha Lopez failed to appear. The case was dismissed with out prejudice.
The choice is up to the voters.
entities are forbidden by law to engage in defamation lawsuits). Recently resigned CVESD board member Bertha
Lopez turns out to be no stranger to requests for restraining orders:
October 30, 1998
Chula Vista School Board Race Raises Question Of Character
La Prensa
By Daniel L. Munoz
By coincidence San Diego City Attorney Quinn had an Opinion on Domestic Violence published this Thursday in the
Union Tribune, University City edition. Generally one is quick to think only in terms of males committing domestic
violence against women. What caught my attention was that by a strange coincidence, I had in my possession an
order from the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego that issued a Temporary Restraining order on a
Candidate for the Chula Vista Elementary School District Board of Education. The order was dated July 22, 1993.
As an Editor and Publisher, I had to question within myself this was a legitimate issue to bring out. City Attorney
Quinn's piece certified in my mind that I had no choice. It spoke to morels, ethics, violence, and behavior that in an
Elementary School setting could be very detrimental to the district and to the School children. A Board Trustee sets
policy, has to determine issues that might involve drug usage, violence amongst the children, violence from the
parents, not only that she has to work with the other Board members, administrators, teachers and parents but with
the community at large.
It is within my professional perimeters to make it public and let you the voters decide whether you still desire to elect
her.
The facts: Rafael Hernandez a UCSD Instructor of Teacher Education and an instructor at the Bishop School in La
Jolla, filed a request to the Superior Courts to have Bertha Lopez, who is a candidate for the Chula Vista Elementary
School Board of Trustees, placed on a Restraining Order. She was restrained from being within 100 yards of his
sister's house and of his place of work. Mr. Hernandez indicated that they had a "dating or engagement relationship".
What concerned me was his statement that said: "Defendant (Bertha Lopez) constantly calls my work and my home.
She has started to follow me. She told me that it my all end in blood if I do not do what she wants. I'm afraid for my
safety. The `blood' threat took place on 7/16/93."
It is a matter of public record case # 368879. The case never came to court. At the date of the hearing neither Mr.
Hernandez nor Bertha Lopez failed to appear. The case was dismissed with out prejudice.
The choice is up to the voters.
| As I was leaving, Kristi Mann pulled out a pad of paper and a pen and started asking questions. At first she was calm and businesslike, but perhaps she was frustrated by her inability to rile me, and she became more and more hostile. First she said she didn't know anything about serving papers, then she said I was not allowed to serve papers because I was a party. I did say, with a laugh, that she was full of baloney when she changed her story about not knowing anything about serving. She kept asking questions. In hindsight, I think she was trying to prolong my stay. She was on the other side of a counter. |